Camber adjusting tool



4, 1954 F. NIELSEN CAMBER ADJUSTING TOOL Original Filed Jan. 31. 1947jaw/ail Wwgdi 121% Patented Aug. 24, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICECAMBER ADJUSTING TOOL Frederik Nielsen, Quincy, Mass.

Original application January 31, 1947, Serial No.

725,529, now Patent No. 2,572,654, dated October 23, 1951. Divided andthis application November 21, 1950, Serial No. 196,878

1 Claim. 1 1

This invention relates to mechanism for adjusting the camber of kneeaction vehicle wheels and has for an object to provide such a mechanismwhich may be actuated by power and which is simple and rugged inconstruction.

This application is a division of my application Serial No. 725,529,filed January 31, 1947, for Camber Adjusting Tool, now Patent No.2,572,654, issued October 23, 1951.

For a complete understanding of this invention, reference may be had tothe accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a top plan View of themechanism in use, the knuckle support arm of the vehicle being shown insection.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on Figure 2.

Referring to these figures, a pair of arms I and 2 have their outer endsspaced to receive between them a power actuated means such as thehydraulic cylinder 3 provided with opposed pistons 4 and 5 engaging thearms I and 2 The arm 2 is provided with a loop 6 through which a reducedtongue portion 7 of the arm 1 passes, this tongue portion being rockablesupported against the convexed outer end portion 8 of the loop 6. Theouter end part of the tongue portion 1 may bear on one side of the kneeaction knuckle support A between spaced parts comprising extensions 9and ID of the inner end of the arm 2 on opposite sides of a concaveintermediate portion I I, the parts being applied to the knucklesupport, as shown in Figures 1 and 2,

line 33 of and the remote ends of the arms 1 and 2 being forced apart,as by supplying fluid under pressure to the interior of the cylinder 4,the arm end 8 presses the knuckle support arm toward contact with theconcaved intermediate portion 1 l of the arm I, thus bending the knucklesupport between the portions 9 and III.

From the foregoing description of an embodiment of this invention, itshould be evident to those skilled in the art that various changes andmodifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope ofthe invention.

I claim:

A mechanism of the class described, comprising a pair of arms the outerends of which are spaced apart, power mechanism for forcing said outerends apart located between said outer ends, one of said arms having aloop near to its inner end and a pair of spaced portions for engagementwith one side of a knee action knuckle support at points spacedtherealong, and the other of said arms extending through said loop andbeing pivotally supported thereon and having an end portion positionedto engage the opposite side of said support between said spaced points.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 80,998 Phelps Aug. 11, 1868 1,094,400 Burgess Apr. 21, 19141,818,679 Bennett Aug. 111, 1931 2,313,720 Blackwell Mar. 16, 19432,425,556 Nielsen Aug. 1.2, 1947

